There are several types of residents. Some residents don't care as they are just passing through, a couple of years at most. Other residents are idiots (I'm being frank, sorry) and will accept just about anything. But there are residents that care. The problem is that I care, too.
I see battles. The major one is the two power plants being built in Stuyvesant Town. Both are pollutants in an area that is already high in pollutants. The power plants are also obstructing the view of those in apartments living close. This is Blackstone's doing. (Beam Living is under the leadership of Blackstone, so one is the other.) I will refrain from talking about the East River Park, another serious disaster that will devastate that community, usually poorer people and therefore "undesirable."
The other battle is Rosemary's, the new Italian restaurant on the corner of 20th Street and 1st Ave. The Peter Cooper building that was adjacent to it had a loss of certain power for weeks. You can guess why that building needed to be rewired. Rosemary's upper new area for growing eatable plants is nice, but it is also blocking a few apartments from the clear view they once had.
Aside from these issues, I was willing to let Rosemary's "live and let live." But an article appeared in the NY Post that explained more. While the article is a promo piece for the restaurant and an embarrassment of its writer and the Post, we learn that Blackstone has a financial investment in Rosemary's. Yes. Blackstone. (They probably also invested in the Five Stuy Cafe, but that's another story.) Also, the article stated that we live in a "ghost town," with insufficient eateries and catering to the hospital crowd..... Hm, what of the large Hane, which is just across the corner from Rosemary's? What of the Italian restaurants on the other side of 1st Ave? What of the Coopertown Diner? Gracefully?? What of the popular two restaurants that were where Rosemary's now is--the Belgian Waffle place and Mexican one--Vamos? Of course, the new bus stop is away from the old one, near 1st Ave. Makes sense now. It gives Rosemary's extra space to construct an outdoor seating area. A lot of things make sense now with Blackstone's involvement.
There are other concerns. If you go to Trader Joe's at various times of the day, it is hard to get through on south 14th Street. The councilperson of that area does nothing. There are movements to defund the police, have Black Lives Matter as our unofficial spokesperson, etc.These are concerns, but right now, in our community, are other concerns, more immediate ones..
(Thanks to political involvement and concerned neighbors, the power plants may be halted. To be seen what happens and if the plant that's on Ave. C will be demolished or just left as an "example.")
The NY Post article: https://nypost.com/2021/04/28/stuyvesant-town-is-getting-its-own-italian-restaurant/
ReplyDeleteThat Post article is "planted"(=Fake News). During the Fifties (which obviously nobody at the newspaper or Blackstone can or wants to remember), there was a restaurant located on East First Avenue, near 17th or 18th Street. But it was a commercial tenant, not "backed" by the current landlord in yet another shady deal.
ReplyDeleteI'll stick to going to Frank's. I think it would be a good idea to boycott Rosemary's and any other commercial crap that Blackstone puts in.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if Trader Joe and Target started doing some SERIOUS complaining to that lazy, corrupt b*tch who "represents" the district of their side of the street, something would be done about all those peddlers who line the street with their garbage and who are hindering commerce for the smaller businesses over there (Petopia is one that really deserves a break from the shit). There are times when I actually miss the Giuliani years and I hate to admit that because I think he is a loathsome little jerk, but he did clean up the streets quite a bit. We need politicians who will do the same, but without the fascism and bile. What we have now are all as useless as udders on a bull.
Those power stations are an absolute affront and an act of violence against us. I don't know who I am going to vote for in the future, if I vote at all. They all seem like such complicit shit who pay lip service to tenants while they are up Blackstone's ass. Brown necks, rather than brown noses! Same goes for the so-called TA who helped deliver us into the jaws of Satan. Probably best to pick up and leave the City, which I could do. Not everybody can do that, though. I think many people will leave Stytown if these power plants go through. Why would you want to live in the vicinity of a polluting monstrosity that will probably blow up one day! I guarantee that if these death machines are built, we will still get no heat in winter and Blackstone will pocket every penny in profit. To bad that Evil lives among us and owns the property. They make MetLife look like saints - and MetLife was anything BUT saintly! It was as ruthless as they come, but they did keep their end of the deal with the City for a long time.
The restaurant Anonymous is talking about was St. Clare's. Nice place with seated dining, and there was also a big lunch counter. There was a shallow dome in the roof with stars in it. St. Clare's was followed by McGinnis's, which moved closer to Gramercy Park after a while.
ReplyDeleteTo the other Anonymous, there was never any heat in Stuy Town in winter. The insides of the windows would be covered with ice. The only hot thing was the standpipe in the bathroom, and every so often you'd burn yourself on it.
Nothing is going to get better. It will get worse. We have the worst landlord on the face of the earth that is owned by a demonic cartoon of a character who cares only about money. The thought of money gives him orgasms, and the sight and touch of it sends him into a solo orgy of multiple orgasms. He has no soul because he sold it.
ReplyDeleteBest to just get out before the new cheaply and badly installed power plants start oozing carcinogenic effluence. Do your public duty, to the extent possible, by warning everybody you know, as well as strangers who you don't know, to avoid every even coming near this place, never mind renting here. Don't listen to any of our politicians because they (and the TA) are all corrupt and on the landlord's payroll. Especially the pols. Dem or Repug, they are all Tammany Hall!
Totally off topic, I know, but I am so utterly disgusted at the way the Dems are treating Scott Stringer. Some woman comes out of the woodwork to claim something happened 20 years ago. Where's she been till now? I don't actually believe her and don't really care, especially as the two had a consensual relationship eons ago. If Stringer drops out because of the harassment, I will hold my nose and vote for whomever the Repug candidate is. These so-called "Progressive" Dems are such a bunch self-serving crap.
ReplyDeleteRe - Rosemary's, I tried to share the link to the Post article on a "certain" FB page but was censored by the mods. Re - Scott Stringer. He is part of the crowd of candidates that openly refuses to acknowledge serious quality of life problems that have spiraled out of control in the past 8 years under the current mayor. A mayor who, I might add, made mental illness and homelessness a priority from day one. A significant population of residents here aren't interested in "woke" solutions from "progressive" politicians but simply want a return to the (not so long ago) days when major thoroughfares (14th and 1st, et al) weren't homeless encampments and/or bazaars where junkies peddle stuff they just stole from CVS or TJ's.
ReplyDeleteStringer has no chance.
ReplyDeleteStringer is a hapless party apparatchik. He’s been around forever, and he’s done...what?
ReplyDeleteLike 3 term, do-nothing Dan (who he pushed out of the Comptroller’s race in 2014 once he saw he had zero chance at the mayor’s spot), he’s done nothing but hold press conferences for 8 years...
I have no reason to believe his accuser is lying, but happy to see him brought down.
No way in Hell will I be voting for a Dem for Mayor. Unless somebody with real credentials comes forth. "Progressives" are for anything that doesn't affect THEIR QOL directly. NYC has gone back to being the filthy open sewer that it was in the 70s and 80s. Who the Hell wants to spend big bucks to live in an open sewer? Certainly not me!
ReplyDeleteOMG! Just cannot wait to get out of this SHITHOLE! The "recycling" place in my building was overflowing with pizza boxes (complete with grease and crusts) and so much stuff was dumped in the wrong bins. It must be absolute HELL to be a porter working in this overpriced dorm/slum. From now on ALL my garbage (except glass) goes down the compactor chute. It is a total waste of time and effort to try to recycle in this dump because most of the "residents" are too stupid or lazy to know how to recycle. Don't even get me started on composting! I have seen IDIOTS dump plastic containers of greasy shit into the composting bins. Give it up already. Recycling and composting are epic failures in a place that caters to assholes!
ReplyDeleteMy brother-in-law works for the SDNY and he told me that NO the people who work there DO NOT sort the shit from the recyclable stuff. You throw shit into the recycling bin, it cancels out the whole contents of the bin. So, just don't bother recycling so long as we have total cretins living among us.
Why is no one calling attention to the rats scurrying about the 5 Stuy Town Cafe patio at night??
ReplyDeleteDisgusting! A health hazard.
Why would anyone in their right mind eat there?
Ewwww!
Department of Health is aware of this. Let's see if action is taken.
Folks, take a stroll past the Stuy Town Cafe late at night and check this out for yourself.
I haven't been near that cafe at night, but I will check if I'm there.
ReplyDeleteThe 6:11 PM poster yesterday stated that DeBlasio "made mental illness and homelessness a priority from day one." He certainly did, by indulging these people, instead of helping them. And seems his wife embezzled 3/4 of a billion dollars allocated to the former category. But they don't care, since they've reportedly already bought property on the Connecticut shore for their Happy Retirement.
ReplyDeleteThe filthy slum conditions on 14th Street across from Sty are really incredibly disgusting and dangerous. I don't like going over to Trader Joe or Target now because of all those "peddlers" who line the street and take up most of the sidewalk. I feel sorry for the small businesses because people are afraid to go near them. McDonalds was always a shit show, but not nearly as bad as now. The entire street and parts of Avenue A and First Avenue have been taken over by these people. Where do they get the stuff they are peddling? Lot of drug activity going on as well as the dreck-peddling. They've also started up outside the Post Office on the north side of 14th and the stretch of First Avenue up to 15th Street. I'm glad they're not still touting this place as "Luxury" because that would absolutely laughable! I honestly can't imagine why anybody would want to move in here unless it was at a very, very low rent. It's worse now than it was back in the 70s and 80s when Alphabet City was the drug capital of the world! I didn't live here then (was on the famous waiting list!), but used to visit friends here and it was a scary neighborhood, but there was Security in Stuyvesant Town and the grounds were reasonably safe. Now there are cameras that nobody watches and might possibly useful for after-the-fact analysis.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this neighborhood has become terrible. Walking on 14th St between First and A is disgusting. I blame the politicians. The council member ignores it or from what I understand claims she can’t do anything about it. The mayor is a waste. This is ILLEGAL. They don’t have license to be there especially crowded in without masks in some cases.
Delete@2:41 PM: DeBlasio and his grifter wife should both go to jail. I hope that jail time is in their future. He has done NOTHING GOOD for this City. He has turned the clock back 40 years. His run for President was laughable and nothing more than a boondoggle at the expense of New York City taxpayers. A total crook. I think they are a very dysfunctional drug-addled family and have no business being in public service in any capacity because they are free-loaders and grifters.
ReplyDeleteKnowing that Bloodstone is getting a cut of the profits pretty much ensures that Rosemary’s will never get a dime out of this household.
ReplyDeleteI generally avoid shopping at any of the PCVST retail shops because it indirectly supports the owners. But putting money straight into their pockets? No way.
Besides, Frank’s is great - prices are better, and they’re a long time local mom and pop establishment, not part of some “corporate hospitality organization”.
I love Frank’s. I am not enthused with this Rosemary’s menu. Aside from pizza there is not much. A good diner would have been better.
Deletehttps://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-city-woman-sucker-punched-from-behind-robbed-in-subway-station
ReplyDeleteI pledge to boycott Rosemary's as well.
ReplyDeleteOur building is now without hot and cold water in the kitchen. We weren't told why, just work is being done. BS again. Oh, yes, one of the power plants is close by.
ReplyDeleteYes, I just saw the video of that woman being sucker punched in the subway. The culprit should be caught, but what happens afterward and what is his past history is important... The area, south 14th street between Ave A and 1st Ave, is a nightmare and the councilperson there is a failure.
ReplyDeleteThe subways have become crime pits. I finally saw cops at the1sf Avenue station last evening after this happened. I travel by subway a couple of times a week and cop presence particularly on the platforms is zero. If you do see them, they are bunched in pairs or threesomes standing together near the booths.
Delete"I love Frank’s. I am not enthused with this Rosemary’s menu. Aside from pizza there is not much. A good diner would have been better."
ReplyDeleteI never thought Frank's was that great, and the portions are small compared to the price (but I guess that's the case with just about every restaurant in NYC). I do agree regarding the "boring" Rosemary's menu however. You're the first person I've seen mention that. I won't be eating there.
After working near Cross Bay Boulevard for 30 years, and eating my Italian food there, It's going to be hard to eat Italian food next to the sty. I think I'll be cooking my own Italian food.
People left out the diner in ST on first avenue too. I think it was King Andrews and then a few other names before it became Payless shoes.
ReplyDeleteThe late, not-lamented Town&Village newspaper used to have offices/printing plant located near Avenue B and 14th Street. 14th Street was quite safe everywhere BEFORE the Seventies. Stuyvesant Town residents used to shop in Alphabet City in those days, and their children even went to Public Elementary Schools there. Yes, very hard to believe now.
ReplyDeleteI have never and will never patronize any of the commercial enterprises that Bloodstone profits from. That includes the Five Turd EColi Cafe and Rosemary's. Don't need any of their other profit-making "amenities" or "facilities" either. Don't even do my laundry here as the machines are dirty, malfunctioning and grossly overpriced. The dryers are totally USELESS!
ReplyDeleteHere we go again, movies on the oval!?! WTF is wrong with wanting peace and quiet! I have a zoom meeting and hope that this noise pollution will be done by then.
ReplyDeleteThe noise pollution has begun. Some crap Star Trek garbage going on in the oval. One of their stupid amenities. Loud as hell.
ReplyDeleteThe movies are also a COVID-SPREADER 'cause COVID-19 ain't over by a longshot yet.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I paid my rent a day or two back. I can't reverse the check now. Too bad. Illegal extreme disturbance amounting to harassment by the landlord - the noise and vibrations were so loud this evening as they came through my CLOSED WINDOWS, that my legs felt the vibrations.
@4:58 PM: The property is mis-managed by people from the low-end "hospitality and resorts" industry. They don't know any better. Blackstone is not known for being high-end or classy. If they were managing restaurants, they would be McDonalds. They just don't know any better. Saw a huge rat by the E-Coli Caff tonight. You couldn't pay me to have as much as a cup of coffee there!
ReplyDeleteLoads of deliveries in my building that are dumped in the lobbies because they don't have apartment numbers on the labels and the directories are NOT up-to-date. Thank you, Horrible Hayduk, you LOSER. Maybe they could train these pathetic "managers" how to run apartment buildings in New York City. SMFH.
The Movies on the Oval are a Covid-spreading disgrace.
ReplyDeleteAnd the rat infested Stuy Town E-coli Cafe is a public health hazard.
I could hear that shit all the way over on 24th. It’s absolutely disgusting and nothing short of harassment.
ReplyDeleteListen, I hate these events as much as most, but you could not hear it on 24th street. It was a beautiful night and I needed to get away from the oval because of the noise, so I went over to PCV and it was quiet.
Delete"Listen, I hate these events as much as most, but you could not hear it on 24th street. It was a beautiful night and I needed to get away from the oval because of the noise, so I went over to PCV and it was quiet."
ReplyDeleteMy apologies. I meant to type 14th Street, not 24th Street.
That I can believe!! The way they had the screen set up was pushing the noise further south towards 14th street.
DeleteUsually I’m bothered by the noise, but this time the noise was not my issue. Instead I was very uncomfortable with the number of people in a very close space.
I have contacted the City Council and StuyTown management about 14th Street and been promised it'd be 'looked into.' But ... it descends further and further into filth and danger every weekend. Is the NYPD 'handcuffed' from doing anything about it by the BLM activists?
ReplyDeleteTruly, the lack of sanitary issues, i.e., rats scurrying on Stuy Town e-Coli Cafe patio during late evening are an issue as are the throngs at the Movies on the Oval. Garbage left all over the place by the departing herd.
ReplyDeleteThis place is becoming a fetid, dangerous slum. Thank you Blackstone and the SCUM politicians and so-called TA who delivered us into the hands of this internationally despised SCUMLORD.
ReplyDeleteI wish they would stop with all that shit in the Oval. This place was much, much better before they destroyed the Oval. Living in an apartment overlooking the Oval used to be an enviable thing. Now, we feel sorry for those folk. The money-grubbing goons who have plagued us for the last 20+ years destroyed something irreplaceable. It was also one of the reasons there was such a long waiting list. The grounds were the big selling point.
ReplyDelete"Usually I’m bothered by the noise, but this time the noise was not my issue. Instead I was very uncomfortable with the number of people in a very close space."
ReplyDeleteI bet that not too many of them were wearing masks. We will have Covid surge here in the not-too-distant future. You could not pay me to attend one of those events.
The sidewalks around Stuy Town are another money ripoff. Someone is making big bucks, but it isn't the residents. The sidewalks are perfectly fine, but they have to be redone. Ha, ha. If management is concerned about sidewalks/paths, take a look INSIDE Peter Cooper. Full of gouges, breaks, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe sidewalks in Stuyvesant Town are not in mint condition. Was looking on the 14th St Loop today.
ReplyDeleteI think there is nothing that uplifts the spirits better than seeing beautiful green leafy trees. Just the rustle of them is beautiful. Without the abundance of trees Stuy is just an ugly, dreary housing project.
ReplyDeleteThere's a stretch of path behind 626/628 East 20th which has been buckling for some time due to tree roots breaking through the pavement. I guess management is waiting for someone to fall and break some bones. If an elderly person breaks a bone due to it then it can lead to a very bad outcome. I sense a lawsuit happening eventually if inept management doesn't repave this area.
ReplyDeleteAnother shut down of the water in my building, and I would think a couple of more buildings. That makes three in a row. Of course, it has nothing to do with the power plant on this side.... Yeah, right.
ReplyDeleteAte at the Stuy Town E-Coli 5 Turd Cafe.
ReplyDeleteWhat a mistake!
Now enduring what we used to call in my old Brooklyn neighborhood the "Hershey Squirts".
Overpriced, undercooked, another "amenity" I guess?
Need I say more?
Huge bug climbed out of bathtub drain.
ReplyDeleteEwwwww!
Anyone else have this happen to them?
Today the disgusting flea market between 14th and 1st and A was temporarily broken up by police. Of course they missed a group around the corner on First Avenue. Instead of walking up and down, four were congregated together on Avenue A. Flea market scum were ready with suitcases and wares to continue after they leave. I imagine they will leave soon and that disgusting illegal flea market will continue. Would be shocked if a cop stayed around all day to monitor it. Mentally ill guy screaming and ranting across the street on First Avenue. Neighborhood is absolutely appalling.
ReplyDeleteThis new GM is just as (if not more) clueless than the previous ones. I'm not surprised that the last one couldn't stand the job; he probably had a conscience and some integrity and those are serious drawbacks to being able to perform to Blackstone's specifications.
ReplyDeleteI heard that they're changing the key cards in some, if not all, buildings. No notice to tenants, of course and tenants are required to go over to PS to get the new cards. These total assholes just don't give a damn about the tenants and treat us like garbage.
Did anybody get an e-blast from Nadeem Whatisname about the new power plants? Total and absolute BS. What's the betting that to add insult to injury they ask for (and get) an MCI for these hideous polluters? No wonder so many apartments are vacant and they are begging for new tenants. Nobody with anything between the ears is going to rent here. Ive been here for 20+ years and can't wait to get out. I will warn everybody I meet not to even consider renting here! In fact, I've already deterred a few people who heard that there were a lot of vacancies.
The bug - this never happened to me in my many years here. In Brooklyn, though, a waterbug came out of the radiator in the bedroom.
ReplyDeleteAnd one came out of the drain in the kitchen.
I am a big fan of non-human life. But I wasn't able to overcome my panic and fear of those critters. I only saw one; my then husband dealt with the kitchen during a visit of his best friend. The bedroom bug looked more like a crawling big "animal" than arachnid or insect, city girl that I was.
This place is a slum. It wasn't always a slum, but since MetLife sold it to blood-sucking filth it has steadily gone downhill. Why would anybody want to rent here and make it their home? Nobody with any brains or self-respect. It is a low-end college dorm/flea-pit and our elected "representatives" have been on the payroll of the vermin who have owned it since 2001. It started when MetLife ceased to be a mutual insurance company and came under the "leadership" of BenMoishe (who is now where he belongs - six feet under) and it spiraled down the gutter when the avaricious cretin known as Rob Speyer got his fangs into it. Now our homes are owned by Stephan Schmecklehead and it is just about finished. It is lower in QOL than NYCHA projects. Just tear it down already. It's over. Nobody wants to pay serious money to live here. It is an embarrassing shithole.
ReplyDeleteWell.... Though the property has gone downhill, people still want to live here, and Blackstone wants to upgrade the place so that more money will come in. Look around and see if Blackstone wants this place to be transformed. Rosemary's is a significant part of this "upgrade." Imagine the city has moved the corner bus stop, so that Rosemary's will have more room on the sidewalk! This is the power of Blackstone. I am dubious about the projected power plants on the property, too.
ReplyDeletePeople do not want to live here. There are a lot of empty apartments. They will fill when college kids come back over the summer. There are lots of transients, foreigners who have deals with Beam for short term leases, students, etc. many of the patrons of Rosemary’s are old timers, or people who live on the lower East side, Gramercy and midtown. My floor has an apartment empty for 3 months. This has never occurred. The laundry room is much less crowded.
DeleteAnd replacing Associated, which Management didn't want, is the upscale Chef's Local Harvest: "Chef’s Local Harvest will offer a wide variety of grocery items, a cafe, and even a community space for stand-up comedy, music, local art exhibits, and more seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m."
ReplyDeleteAnd there will be a new opening in the back of Local Harvest for Stuy Town residents. You will not have to cross any street now.
ReplyDeleteSTR, in spite of what the cretins at Blackstone believe and no matter how much bribe money they shove at our local politicians and various agencies, two ugly, polluting power plants are NOT going to enhance the property in any way shape or form! It is no longer a bucolic oasis. It is a scruffy slum. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig. Not that the power plants are "lipstick," but rather a sign of Blackstone's utter contempt for human life and obscene obsession with MONEY. Maybe it will function as a dorm/transient squat for a while longer, but nobody who wants to have any real quality of life (especially if they want to raise children here) is going to want to rent here and stay for more than one lease-length of occupancy. Those are the very people who have been moving OUT in droves. It's life as a desirable residential apartment complex is pretty much over.
ReplyDeleteI agree. People are moving out in droves. Just because they built a new restaurant means nothing. Patrons will not necessarily come exclusively from ST and PC.
DeleteSpeaking of power plants, the loud noise you hear near the west side of the 20th Street loop is workers (no doubt non-union) breaking rocks with a large hammer. So work on the other power plant has really started.
ReplyDeleteBasically, Blackstone doesn't care about residents as long as money can be made for the company.
ReplyDeletePeople did want to live here and have their babies and raise them here when the grounds were beautiful (not that long ago) and safe. The grounds are still pretty, though not as much as before, but they are threatened more and more by the rise in retail and money-making "amenities" that are popping up all over, not to mention the absolute plethora of dogs! I have been woken up early every morning for the last few weeks by some walker who escorts huge, ferocious dogs and they always get into a snarling, growling and screaming match with someone who walks a bunch of little dogs. It is an ugly sound to be woken up by! The grounds are nowhere nearly as pleasant as they used to be and still could be. There are bicycles (some electric), skate boards, scooters and none of them bothers to be careful and that means children and elderly and handicapped people are in constant peril.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a very sad experience watching the property and the quality of life here gradually go further and further down the toilet. I used to encourage friends to try to get a flat here because it was a very nice place, even though a bit overpriced. Now I would never dream of suggesting to a friend or acquaintance that they live here, especially if they have kids. It wouldn't be fair and I would lose those friends.
And Public Safety does nothing about those motorized scooters and bicycles which are more and more frequent. Oh, yeah, there will be Management and PS excuses, but it's just talk.
ReplyDeletePS are mall cops and they do NOTHING!
DeleteThey don’t set rules. They make requests. Typical unprofessional wussy pussies who are totally unfit for the jobs they do so badly.
ReplyDeleteThis morning I saw some entitled bitch spread her carcass and sun paraphanalia out on the little FENCED-IN grassy patch in front of 455. Of course PS can see that if they ever bother to look at their cameras. They don't see anything on those cameras, whether it's some broad airing her carcass or a rapist/thief/burglar lurking around. They don't watch their cameras. Period. The cameras are only good for after-the-fact information.
ReplyDeleteWe should NOT be paying for these useless and misused cameras because they do NOTHING to prevent crime. Maybe they're ok for identifying the corpse.
So sick of this shithole. Outta here when lease is up in September and they can chase me round the world for any money they think I owe them for scratching up their cheap shitty paint and appliances. I have never felt so much contempt and hatred for a "landlord" in all my life.
Board of Health to conduct inspection re numerous rat sightings complaints on 5 Stuy Cafe patio.
ReplyDeleteAnyone else been sighting small black beetle bugs in their apartment?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.amny.com/coronavirus/go-maskless-some-americans-wary-of-new-guidelines/
ReplyDeleteSo far, no official word from Management about this updated rule, which gives more freedom to the individual. The mask rule was broken by certain residents and some residents took the rule very seriously. It was a mixture of this and that, and everything in between.
ReplyDeleteThat is precisely why Covid spread widely in this community last year, poor adherence to mask rules and transients galore. I don’t think the masks will be much of an issue anymore as outdoors is pretty safe. Perhaps the elevators. I just don’t get in with people I don’t know or have not been vaccinated. Will still do that when they stop wearing masks, because who knows the vaccinated from the unvaccinated.
DeleteSTR, are you aware that your website is coming up bright red on Chrome and Safari with a security warning about phishing and stuff? I think you should check it out. Maybe Management has a hand in this. It is get-roundable (I got around it), but it is going to cripple your blog if you don't address it. Don't even know if you know about it.
ReplyDeleteSomeone tried to nobble your blog earlier, STR. Security warnings came up.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, because another blogger post came up the same way. I, nor he, changed anything, so I think it is something screwy with Blogger's system.
ReplyDeleteIt also could be the server....
ReplyDeleteVarious servers are "upgrading" and sometimes they get one thing wrong. Thanks for the warning, though.
ReplyDeleteFrom a Spanish site:
ReplyDeleteIn addition, some warned that posts were deleted, with the supposed reason that they contained malware or viruses. Several users even stated that all their posts were deleted one by one, losing their work for years.
The problem was general. It even affected Google's own blogspot.com site. It started after 8 p.m. and was resolved around 10 p.m.
At the moment the company did not communicate if it was a hack or a mistake of its own, nor if the injured parties will have a solution in the short term for the notes they lost.
Three pieces of freshly laid dog turd in the elevator this morning.
ReplyDeleteNice!
"Three pieces of freshly laid dog turd in the elevator this morning."
ReplyDeleteThere are cameras in the elevators. You should call PS and ask them to look at the footage for that particular car and they will see who the person was who allowed the dog to dump there. Even if the dog couldn't hold it in, the owner should have cleaned up the mess. The poor porters who work here should hazard pay for what they have to deal with when it comes the SCUM that management rents to these days.
Another idea, take a photograph of the shit and send it to the GM and tell him you are going to send copies to the press or put them on social media and warn people about this place. I would. I most certainly would!
The managers of this place could care less. Many residents have sent photos of the filth and scum and it continues. A waste of time
DeleteSTR, your blog suddenly has the "secure" symbol - a padlock. Great!
ReplyDeleteLOL!
ReplyDeleteThey cater to dogs here. I never saw so many concentrated in one development. They block the paths, bark at night, and are a nuisance.
ReplyDeleteYes, there are a lot of dogs here.
ReplyDeleteToo many dogs here. And they want us to recommend this dump to friends. Shows how out of touch and psychotic they are in the Management Office.
ReplyDeleteThere is a post on the TA site from Powers about cleaning up 14th St finally. Election time of course. Let’s see if they permanently get rid of the filth between 1st and A.
ReplyDeleteMore dogs than people at this point! People bring them in and use the grounds as a dog parks. Worst-run project in the area.
ReplyDelete"There is a post on the TA site from Powers about cleaning up 14th St finally. Election time of course. Let’s see if they permanently get rid of the filth between 1st and A."
ReplyDeleteSince I go there almost every day, I am watching.
Is Powers up for election again?
ReplyDelete14th Street is as bad now as it was forty years ago. I know because that's how long I've lived here. Are there any Republicans running for mayor this time? I've always voted Democrat, but can't help but notice that the only times we had safer and cleaner streets was when we had Republican mayors. De Blasio has been an absolute disaster and I don't think there is anybody of a higher caliber (among the Dems) trying to take his job. It would be nice to have a Mayor who is all for law and order without being a racist or a plutocrat.
ReplyDelete>>Is Powers up for election again?<<
ReplyDeleteI think, yes. Unopposed.
They were out there yesterday on 14th St. Not as many when I walked by. Most of the vendors appeared to be very unintimidated . They just sit and wait until the cops leave. I did notice 2 cops keeping guard in CVS the other day. The usual mentally ill ranting on the corner of 14th and First.
ReplyDeleteI was going to CVS the other day, but changed my mind and walked briskly away. The reason: a group of obviously mentally ill people were congregated outside. One guy was screaming at the top of his lungs and throwing punches. There was nobody who he was throwing the punches at and they must have been in his head. Seriously mentally ill people see and hear things and people who are not there. These hallucinations, auditory and visually, are VERY VERY real to them. These poor souls need to be on anti-psychotic medication and monitored. As a society, very little (or nothing) is done to help these folk. If somebody gets hit by a car or has a heart attack on the street, help arrives immediately. The mentally ill get no such care. We are all in danger from these sick people because the "voices" could be telling them to hit somebody and they will obey the voices. It is fortunate when the "somebody" is an hallucination, but a real live person standing there could be mistaken for the hallucination and get hit, kicked, knifed or simply pushed under a bus or car.
ReplyDeleteIt's terrifying going anywhere near CVS and it's just as bad going to the Post Office. No wonder so many of us shop online!
Anyone else been sighting small black beetle bugs in their apartment?
ReplyDeleteEvery year. And ants too...Had termites once...
Two uglies airing their carcasses on the FENCED-OFF grass back of 455. I wonder if they tip PS to look the other way?
ReplyDeleteMore showboating by Powers. South side of 14th Street is not in his district, correct?
ReplyDeleteThis morning I saw several workmen getting ready to cut down an enormous tree near playground 1 in a grassy area facing 20th Street. Is this where they are building a power plant?? This tree is beautiful and living and lots of squirrels and birds call it home. This is disgraceful !!!!!!!!!!! All the idiots who work for Blackstone keep doing is destroying any quality of life in the name of greed !!!!
ReplyDelete"Three pieces of freshly laid dog turd in the elevator this morning...
ReplyDeleteThey cater to dogs here...
I never saw so many [dogs]concentrated in one development...
Yes, there are a lot of dogs here...
Too many dogs here...
More dogs than people at this point!"
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Any casual observer wandering PCVST for 1-2 hours will encounter a large number of OVERSIZED and/or AGGRESIVE-BREED dogs paraded around the complex with impunity.
>>This morning I saw several workmen getting ready to cut down an enormous tree near playground 1 in a grassy area facing 20th Street. Is this where they are building a power plant?? This tree is beautiful and living and lots of squirrels and birds call it home. This is disgraceful !!!!!!!!!!! All the idiots who work for Blackstone keep doing is destroying any quality of life in the name of greed !!!!<<
ReplyDeleteI would suspect so. A lot of "issues" are being created east and west at Stuy Town because of the building of these power plants.
>>Any casual observer wandering PCVST for 1-2 hours will encounter a large number of OVERSIZED and/or AGGRESIVE-BREED dogs paraded around the complex with impunity.<<
ReplyDeletePeriodically, I sit near the large guardhouse at PCV. I see continually dogs of all sizes and breeds being casually walked into PCV from outside. The guards there do not say a word, nor does anyone working for Stuy Town.
But just SEEING dogs is supposed to make people...happy (supposedly including non-owners)! Of course, this is just stupid Pet Lobby Propaganda. And Pet Lobby is a multi-billion dollar business, just like Blackstone....
ReplyDeleteLet's face it, Sty town is on its last gasp when it comes to being a pleasant "oasis in the city." It is being deliberately turned into a filthy, polluted, slummy low-end (but high rent!) housing project. Blackstone bought it to destroy it. Blackstone destroys the quality of life of every property it gets its filthy, avaricious hands on and the scum who helped them acquire the property knew that, and no doubt got their paydays.
ReplyDeleteThe “guards” are only permitted to go after little old ladies feed the birds and squirrels.
ReplyDeleteNoise and dogs. I've come to hate this place so much because of both.
ReplyDeleteThere are no dog parks here, There are only dirty, dog dumps, illegal dog runs.
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